Contemporary Commentary...

As long as we are going to be looking at the current issues in this country with our blinkered (read racial, cultural, linguistic, geographic, gender etc.) stereotypes intact we are as much a part of the problem as any individual or group that can be blamed. Like it or not (as has been said by more eloquent writers numerous times before), until we all have as much or as little as everyone else, we will be at risk of being overwhelmed by these problems that have always beset us: corruption, police brutality, crime... These are symptoms of social inequality and no government anywhere! will fix what is broken unless every single citizen takes responsibility for their own actions: without any false religious, cultural or class morality, but with a growing sense of humanity that is unfortunately lacking throughout the world. All the spin that gets published and broadcast about foreign investment, development and legislative/policy reform is just that, SPIN! Governments all over the world are sponsored and supported by finance first and secondly through the votes of 'the masses'. Until we dismantle the controlling forces of economics, we will not live in a just society with equal opportunity and dignity. And still, we subscribe to the failed systems of capitalism and neo-liberal politics. Methinks it is time for us all to wake up to the horror of our own prejudices and do some soul-searching before pointing a finger that only serves to expose our own bigotry.